How can I tell how much memory my computer has?

[SonyaM32]

I have had this computer since Oct. 04. I think it has 256 ram, but I'm not sure. And is there 2 different kinds of memory on a computer? It seems I heard that somewhere. I don't know if this helps, but I have Windows XP.
Thanks

[dog]

Hi Sonya, :)

Click Start, right-click on my Computer and select "properties" ... the window that opens, will show you the amount of memory installed under the general tab (which it will open to by default), in the bottom section 'computer' with the details about your processor and memory.

As for memory type, yes there are a few different types. SDRAM, DDR, RDRAM/RIMM (Rambus).

If your second question was referring to actual memory installed on your PC. Yes, Video Cards do have memory built in - used only for processing graphics in conjunction with it's GPU. Your main memory is located on your PC's mother board.

HTH,

Steve

[SonyaM32]

Hi Dog. Thank you!
What does This mean?
Pentium(R) 4 CPU
2.60 GHz
504 MB of RAM
Is that all good? Thanks:)
Also my used space is 14.0 GB
And free space is 60.4 GB
Capicity 74.5 GB
Is that good too?

[Tinribs]

Thats a respectable amount of memory and a decent cpu as well Sonya :)

[Cochise]

Hi Sonya,

You appear to have twice the amount of Ram you thought you had (512 as against 256) as your showing 508 is probably cos your Graphics card has pinched 8MBs, not a problem, wish I had that much RAM on mine.. ;D ;D.....I think maybe the 'Other' type of Ram you may have heard of is 'Swap File or Virtual RAM'.....but with what you have already I wouldn't worry about it....Fly Girl.....Fly...... ;D ;D ;D


Cochise, 8)

[SonyaM32]

Thanks :)
I am glad to hear my memory resourses are good, LOL ;D But I don't know what a normal CPU is??? Thanks

[controler]

CPU = central processing unit (BRAINS)

Looks at all the info coming in from your hardware & software & decides what to do with it. The info comes into the CPU via RAM then back out to RAM
all a bunch of binary code ( 1 or 0's ) or logical highs & lows in electronic terms LOL Amazing huh?
Did you know your computer with the same capabilities in the 60's would be the size of a city block? You would have needed a truck to haul around your protable computer , i dought they would have called it a laptop. OUCH
maybe a trailortop or semitop
In the 60's having this much computing power was unheard of.

In the early 80's a 50 mhz CPU was kicking @$$ & a 40 meg HD was the bomb

just trying to put things in perspective again here

controler

[SonyaM32]

Thanks!
Yikes, a city block? LOL We are definatley in the new information age. I think the aliens must have helped us with their technology for us to come this far, so we can have a computer this good that fits inside a house, lol J/K
Thanks :) :) :)

[tuatara]

{QUOTE-> In the early 80's a 50 mhz CPU was kicking @$$ & a 40 meg HD was the bomb <-QUOTE}

Wow 40 MB Harddisk, did you know you needed DOS 3.2 or higher for that?
because < DOS 3.2. Did not support those gigantic disksizes!

.. My first computer had 4 KB of memory, floppies were not invented yet.

.....and a 'bug' was still an insect ;D

Now one of my systems has 2 Hitachi sata disks each 400 GB AND 2 IDE of 400 GB so more then 1.6 TerraByte and was is cheaper!

but next year you buy this in one disk i guess ... :-\

[bigc73542]

In my wildest dreams I can't imagine myself needing near that much Hdd. ;D ;D ;)

[tuatara]

In a few years, this is the amount of diskspace you need for the new
Windows or MS office version.

If you had told me this 10 years ago that MS office would take over a Gig,
i was ROTF as well

;D